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Ancestry/Genealogy

shirellg

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8. I'm the same boat as you

Reply to flyingfysh (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2014, 01:09 AM

Jan 2014

If you haven't read it, I suggest you read the book that was first published in 2012, "Old World Roots of the Cherokee" How DNA, Ancient Alphabets and Religion Explain the Origins of America's Largest Indian Nation by Donald N. Yates. You can order it off Amazon among other places.

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sometimes family stories of Indian ancestry are totally wrong [View all] flyingfysh Nov 2013 OP

I'd be sort of surprised if a DNA test could pinpoint "Scottish" with that degree of precision Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #1

What it actually reported was "Orcadian" flyingfysh Dec 2013 #3

"Orcadian" seems to be confusing and probably not really accurate Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #5

My ancestors who ruled the Orkney Islands were Scandinavians. grasswire Oct 2014 #10

The DNA test pipi_k Dec 2013 #2

the DNA test was cheap flyingfysh Dec 2013 #4

Thanks pipi_k Jan 2014 #7

Arkansas, the Cherokee and African Americans CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #6

I'm the same boat as you shirellg Jan 2014 #8

Yep, as I found out recently pipi_k Sep 2014 #9